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1 About the Long Family by Alice Kalush 7/27/2018 How the Long Family and Gable Family Connect In addition to Benjamin Long being a neighbor of Wilhelm Gebel according to Wilhelm Gebel's 1810 will it turns out that the Long family and the Gable family are connected by multiple marriages. The Long family immigrated with Wilhelm's son Henry to Perry County and Henry's daughter Nancy married Christian Long. The Schlissler/Shisler family has two connections to the Gable family. Wilhelm's son Abraham married Susanna Schlissler and Wilhelm's son Henry's daughter Mary married David Schlissler, both children of Conrad Schlissler, husband of Anna Long. The John Shisler listed in the 1790 Census was their brother. Mary and David Shisler immigrated to Erie County, New York. Benjamin Long is the neighbor mentioned in Wilhelm Gebel's will. This Long family tree is based on the History of the Long Family of Pennsylvania book (excerpts from this book are included later in this document). 1-Johannes Lang b. 10 Jun 1693, Zennern, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hessen, Germany, d. 5 Feb 1767, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States +Anna d. Aft 1764, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States --2-John Lang Jr. b. 1 Sep 1730, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennslvania, d Anna Long b. 6 Oct 1759, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennslvania, d. 8 Oct 1827, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States +Conrad Schissler b. 4 Dec 1756, Germany, m. Abt 1780, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 8 Nov 1821, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennslvania --4-Susanna Schlissler +Abraham Gebel b. 11 Aug 1783, Manheim Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, c. 16 Apr 1784, Trinity Luth Ch, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania --4-David Shisler b. 26 Jul 1783, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 12 Apr 1855, Williamsville, Erie County, New York +Mary Gable b. 10 Sep 1789, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, m. 28 Oct 1810, Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 25 Aug 1877, Clarence, Erie County, New York --2-Abraham Lang b. 1743, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. Bet 1794 and Maria --3-David Long b. 6 Jul 1771, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 28 Feb 1859, Pfoutz Valley, Perry County, Pennsylvania +Catherine Hershey b. 31 Jul 1771, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 25 Sep 1849, Liverpool Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania --4-Christian Long b. 27 Jan 1793, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, d. 4 Apr 1856, Liverpool Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, Bur. Long Family Graveyard, Pfoutz Valley, Perry County, Pennsylvania +Nancy Gable b. 29 Aug 1793, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, PA, m. 1811, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 23 Jul 1861, Pfoutes Valley, Perry County, Pennsylvania, Bur. Long Family Graveyard, Pfoutz Valley, Perry County, Pennsylvania --2-Benjamin Long Sr. b. 21 Sep 1748, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 11 Sep 1823, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Bur. Landis Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania +Christina Rudy b. Dec 1750, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 11 Jun 1813, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania --3-Benjamin Long Jr. b. 17 Jul 1775, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 27 Jan 1851, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, Bur. Landis Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania +Anna Hershey b. 27 Jul 1779, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 9 Jan 1864, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, Bur. Landis Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Lancaster County, Pennsylvania About the Long Family Page 1

Manheim Township Warrant Map showing the Long Family land 1 Wilhelm Gebel's neighbor Benjamin Long lived in the northern section along the border of Warwick township.

2 Manheim Township Warrant Map showing the Long Family land 1 Wilhelm Gebel's neighbor Benjamin Long lived in the northern section along the border of Warwick township. Benjamin's brother Isaac Long lived in the southern section. 1 About the Long Family Page 2

3 Below is a Mapquest map of the Long Farms described in the next section. Benjamin Long Isaac Long Long-Stahl Farm About the Long Family Page 3

Historic Mennonite Farms and Homes Lititz, PA website - Long Family On the Historic Mennonite Farms and Homes Lititz, Pennsylvania website 2 by Clarke Hess and Lee J.

4 Historic Mennonite Farms and Homes Lititz, PA website - Long Family On the Historic Mennonite Farms and Homes Lititz, Pennsylvania website 2 by Clarke Hess and Lee J. Stoltzfus, I found many wonderful photos of homes and farms as well as other antique treasures. Three of the pages on this site were for Long family farms. I have included only a portion of the text and images from these pages in the document below. Long-Landis Homestead: 1001 E. Oregon Road. Lititz, PA I believe this is where Benjamin Long lived allowing us to closer approximate where Wilhelm Gebel lived. It's about a mile from the Schreiner farm as the crow flies and can be seen in the Manheim Township warrant map in the Introduction document's section about Wilhelm Gebel. Above: Long-Landis farmhouse as seen on Google Maps Street View. These farm building are surrounded by the Landis Homes Retirement Community, and by the building of Friendship Community group home for developmentally-disabled adults. Landis Homes was established on this 113-acre farm in the early 1960s. This non-profit retirement community is affiliated with the Mennonite denomination, as were the Long and Landis families who farmed this land. 2 About the Long Family Page 4

5 Below: The farm's 1761 patent (first deed). From William Penn's sons to Johannes Long Sr. (Deed: Clarke Hess Collection) The land was first surveyed in 1731, and was patented in 1761 to Johannes Long (John Long Sr.) ( ). Johannes immigrated here from Zennern, Germany, and was married to Anna Snavely. By 1764 the Longs owned 950 acres in this area. The farmhouse has two datestones. The datestone on the house's west side is dated 1770 with the initials of Benjamin Long and Christina (Rudy) Long. The second datestone, on the house's addition, is dated 1804, with the initials of Benjamin Long, Jr. and Anna (Hershey) Long. The farm was in the Long family for three generations, and then was in the Landis family until the 1960s, when Landis Homes Retirement Community was established here. Benjamin Long was a young, ambitious Mennonite farmer when he received this psalm book (photo on website) in The previous year he and wife Anna (Hershey) Long had expanded this Long-Landis farmhouse, which was Benjamin's birthplace. The site also includes the deed where Benjamin Sr. transfers the property to Benjamin Jr. in About the Long Family Page 5

6 Isaac Long Farm: 1001 Jake Landis Road. Lititz, PA Google Maps Street View. Above: The 1750s farmhouse, with a later addition. The farmhouse roof on the opposite side of this view, facing the barn, is the only surviving 18th-century, clay-tile roof in Lancaster County. Lancaster County is filled with remarkable farmsteads, and the Isaac Long farm is uniquely remarkable, here, because of its important history and its historic architecture. This farmstead it is the birthplace of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. This church originated on this farm in 1767, and is a parent organization of today's United Methodist Church. A historical marker near this barn explains, " Isaac Long's Barn / At this farm-barn site May 10, 1767, 1000 people gathered for a 'Great Meeting'. 'We are Brethren' exclaimed Rev. Philip W. Otterbein to [Mennonite] preacher Martin Boehm, the first two bishops of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, organized thirty years later." "Both the United Brethren in Christ Church, and The United Methodist Church trace part of their history to the 1767 meeting at this barn site." About the Long Family Page 6

7 This farmstead is architecturally among the most significant Lancaster County farmsteads. The Isaac Long barn was built in 1754, and the adjoining house was built around that same decade, by Mennonite immigrants Hans and Anna (Snavely) Long. The barn is the earliest-known, dated Pennsylvania- German barn. It has a lintel dated The barn originally was built as a Grundscheier barn, a ground barn, It has a vaulted cellar under the barn hill, and a rare, earlier cellar below the feed entry. The barn had a thatched roof until The Germanic Clay-Tile Roof on the Long Farmhouse: The Long farmhouse roof is a Lancaster County architectural landmark. This Germanic farmhouse has the only surviving 18th-century, clay-tile roof in Lancaster County. This stone house was built as two-story, centralchimney structure. The central fireplace was removed ca. mid-1800s. The farm has remained in the Long and Landis families to the present day. Google Maps Satellite View. About the Long Family Page 7

Above: The Germanic clay-tile roof on the Long farmhouse, as seen on Google Maps satellite view (my arrow added). This is the only surviving 18th-century, clay-tile roof in Lancaster County.

8 Above: The Germanic clay-tile roof on the Long farmhouse, as seen on Google Maps satellite view (my arrow added). This is the only surviving 18th-century, clay-tile roof in Lancaster County. Family Records of the Long Family who Built the Long Barn and House: Above: Long family records in a 1748 Ephrata Martyrs' Mirror. Clarke Hess Collection. These family records were penned in German script by Joseph Long, born Joseph was the son of the Longs who built the house and barn here at the Long Farm: Johannes Long and Anna (Snavely) Long. Included are the birth records of Johannes and Anna, and the records of Joseph's siblings, plus the records of Joseph's children. The first sentences translates "Anno 1693 the 10th day of June was my father Johannes Lang [Long] born into this world in Hessen Land [Germany] in the village Zennern. Anno 1706 in January was my mother Anna Schnebelin [Snavely] born into this world in Elsas [Alsace] in the village of Boesenbiesen [Alsace]." These records also explain that Johannes emigrated here in 1722 and that Anna emigrated in About the Long Family Page 8

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10 Photos of the Long Barn in 1941, by the Historic American Buildings Survey: About the Long Family Page 10

Above: The 1754 date inscribed on a door of the Long Barn. These terrific photographs of the Long Barn are compliments of President Roosevelt's New Deal.

11 Above: The 1754 date inscribed on a door of the Long Barn. These terrific photographs of the Long Barn are compliments of President Roosevelt's New Deal. This was a works program created by the federal government during the Great Depression to help lift American workers out of unemployment. As part of this project, the National Park Service established the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1933, to provide work for unemployed architects, draftsmen and photographers. Some of Lancaster County's most historic buildings were photographed and documented during this time, including this Long Barn which was photographed by architect Charles H. Dornbusch. He later published the book Pennsylvania German Barns (1956). Today those photos of Lancaster County architecture are online at the Library of Congress. 3 The Long-Stahl Farm: 910 Jake Landis Road, Lititz (Including the Harvest Lane Farm Market) Above: The Long-Stahl Farmhouse as seen on Google Earth Street View. (The three bays on the right are the original house. The left side was added by 1798 as a one-story, stone kitchen wing. A second floor was added to the left side in the mid 1800s in frame construction, and a stone veneer was added later. ) About the Long Family Page 11

12 This fertile farm is part of the 325-acre patent that Hans (Johannes / John) Long received in 1738 from William Penn's heirs. This tract also included the adjoining Isaac Long Farm. In 1761 Hans received another patent from the Penns for 148 acres adjoining his farm to the north. Hans married Anna (Snavely) Long. Hans and Anna were both Mennonite immigrants from Germany. Their family records are penned in a 1748 Martyrs' Mirror, here. Hans and Anna apparently built the stone farmhouse which survives on this Long-Stahl Farm today, as evidenced by a 1756 date painted on the house's front door lintel. The house was built for their son John Long ( ) and wife Mary (Hershey) Long. So that's two generations of Hans Longs, to complicate the genealogy. The 1798 Direct Tax lists Joseph Long as the owner of this farm at that date. The surviving farmhouse was built as a two-and-a-half-story stone dwelling. It had a three-room Germanic floor plan. There was a central cooking fireplace which no longer survives, and was probably removed in the 1790s when the kitchen wing was added. The ca Long-Stahl Farmhouse: Distinctive Germanic Architecture: The ca farmhouse has some unusual construction details that reflect the dwelling's early history. These details include: The farmhouse gable facing the barn had an unusual doorway that opened out from the attic level. This doorway has been closed, but it retains interior timber framing for supporting a hoist to lift bags of grain to the attic for storage. Grain was usually stored in farmhouse attics, on these early Pennsylvania German farms, rather than in barns. The ceiling above the farmhouse's second floor preserves its original construction. This unusual ceiling is made of wood paling slats covered with a layer of clay. This wood-and-clay paling also serves as the attic floor, and was never covered with floor boards. There is evidence of a half-timbered wall between the stove room (living room) and the adjoining downstairs parent's bedroom. The wall apparently was of wattle and daub construction, as suggested by the notching on the underside of the summer beam. This wall was later replaced with brick and moved forward. The farmhouse also boasts a vaulted stone arch cellar for food storage. The 1798 Direct Tax describes this farm: One dwelling house - 34 x 30, stone, two stories, three windows and 15 lights on the first floor, 13 windows and 12 lights on the second floor, one acre. One kitchen - 20 x 20, One old barn - 60 x 30, log, Two stables and waggonshaid [sic] - 50 x 25, stone and log, 100 acres. Valuation: House and kitchen: $840. Barn, stables and waggonshaid, and land: $3,600. About the Long Family Page 12

13 The 1803 Long-Stahl Barn Photographed in 1941 for the Historic American Buildings Survey: About the Long Family Page 13

14 Above: The Long-Stahl barn in the Historic American Buildings Survey. Five years after the 1798 Direct Tax, the Long family replaced the log barn with a stone-gabled Swisser barn which still survives. The barn's datestone is dated The barn was built by Joseph Long ( ), a grandson of the immigrants Hans and Anna Long. It appears that Joseph Long's first wife was Elizabeth Summy (ca ca. 1811). Her initial E for Elizabeth is inscribed in the barn's datestone, along with her husband Joseph's initials. The photographs, above, of the Long-Stahl Barn are part was a works program created by the federal government during the Great Depression to help lift American workers out of unemployment. As part of this project, the National Park Service established the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1933, to provide work for unemployed architects, draftsmen and photographers. Some of Lancaster County's most historic buildings were photographed and documented during this time, including this barn. The photographer was architect Charles H. Dornbusch, who later published the book Pennsylvania German Barns (1956). Today those photos of Lancaster County architecture are online at the Library of Congress. About the Long Family Page 14

15 Excerpts from History of the Long Family of Pennsylvania The History of the Long Family of Pennsylvania 4 provides a lot of good information about this family, so I'm going to start with some excerpts from this book. The complete book is available for free on Hathitrust.org. It contains a section about the John Lang Family of Manheim township (pages 39-84). John Lang/Long is the original patent owner of the Long family land near WIlhelm Gebel's farm. He is also an ancestor of David Schissler, wife of Mary Gable and Susanna Schlissler, and wife of Abraham Gable. David and Susanna Schlissler are siblings. Their parents are Conrad Schlissler and Anna Long. He is also an ancestor of Wilhelm Gebel's neighbor Benjamin Long. 4 History of the Long Family of Pennsylvania, William Gabriel Long (b.1878), published 1930; About the Long Family Page 15

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20 Page 43 continued I believe this is the Benjamin Long that was the neighbor of Wilhelm Gebel. Other researchers have identified him as living in Manheim township. About the Long Family Page 20

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25 Long Family Tree 1-Christian Lang b. Abt 1664,, Hesse, Germany, d. Abt 1720, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania --2-Johannes Lang d. 5 Feb 1767, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States +Anna d. Aft 1764, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States --3-Isaac Lang +First Unknown +Christina Sheffer b. Abt 1745, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. Unknown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania --3-Joseph Lang +Elizabeth --3-Christian Lang --3-Eve Lang --3-Ann Lang --3-Mary Lang --3-Barbara Lang --3-John Lang Jr. b. 1 Sep 1730, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennslvania, d John Long b. 17 Jan 1756, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 4 Mar 1838, Williamsville, Erie County, New York +Mary Hershey b. 1763, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, d. 1856, Williamsville, Erie County, New York --4-Anna Long b. 6 Oct 1759, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennslvania, d. 8 Oct 1827, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States +Conrad Schissler b. 4 Dec 1756, Germany, m. Abt 1780, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 8 Nov 1821, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennslvania --4-Mary Long b. 1760, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania +Daniel Erb --4-Barbara Long b. Abt 1765, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. Abt 1840, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania +Charles Rudy Sr --4-Christian Long b. 1766, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 1847, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania +Elizabeth --4-Joseph Long b. 19 Aug 1768, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 28 Jan 1858, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania --4-Elizabeth Long b. 1771, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylania, d. 1840, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania +Martin Shenk --4-David Lang b. 1792, Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania About the Long Family Page 25

26 +Susanna Lewis b Benjamin Lang d Abraham Lang b. 1743, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. Bet 1794 and Maria --4-Mary Lang +Lewis Metz --4-Barbara Lang +Peter Summy b. 16 Oct 1768, d Elizabeth Lang +Joseph Hershey --4-Martha Lang --4-Lang --4-Susanna Lang --4-Abraham Lang --4-Ann Lang --4-Catharine Lang --4-John Lang +Anna Margaret Lind --4-David Long b. 6 Jul 1771, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 28 Feb 1859, Pfoutz Valley, Perry County, Pennsylvania +Catherine Hershey b. 31 Jul 1771, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 25 Sep 1849, Liverpool Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania --3-Benjamin Long Sr. b. 21 Sep 1748, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 11 Sep 1823, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Bur. Landis Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania +Christina Rudy b. Dec 1750, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 11 Jun 1813, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania --4-Benjamin Long Jr. b. 17 Jul 1775, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 27 Jan 1851, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, Bur. Landis Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania +Anna Hershey b. 27 Jul 1779, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 9 Jan 1864, Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, Bur. Landis Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania --2-Christian Lang d Ann Margaret d Herman Lang b. Abt 1710, Unknown, d. 1773, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania +Anne Hershey b. 1717, Unknown, d. 1754, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania --3-John Long b. Abt 1740, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 1782, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania About the Long Family Page 26

27 +Maria Bachman b. Abt 1745, Unknown, d. Unknown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania --4-Abraham Long b. 20 Apr 1778, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, d. 28 Dec 1846, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania +Anna Kauffman b. 7 Nov 1792, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, m. 14 Feb 1811, d. 18 Dec 1870, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania --2-Urbanus (Urban) Lang +Catharine Blum --2-Michael Lang +Regina Magdalena Lora About the Long Family Page 27

28 Location of the Long Family Burial Ground in Perry County, Pennsylvania Long Family Burial Ground N / W About the Long Family Page 28

Descendants of James Isbell

Descendants of James Isbell Generation No. 1 1. JAMES 1 ISBELL was born 1700 in Lunneburg, Virgina, USA, and died 02 Nov 1780 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA. He married ROSAMOND. She was born Bet. 1690-1700.